Gender differences in the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Musicco, Massimo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Gender differences; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952201202     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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